Tile and brick machine



P HfKELLs. Tile and Brick- Machine.

Patented June 22,1880.

U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP H. KELLS, or ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

TILE AND BRICK MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,143, dated June22,1880.

' Application filed January 8, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP H. KELLs, of Adrian, in the county of Lenaweeand State of Michigan, have invented an Improvement in Tile and BrickMachines, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of my invention relates to certain new and usefulimprovements in tile and brick machines, and it is designed to be animprovement upon such a machine as was patented to me May 23, 187 6, inLetters Patent No. 177,851; and the invention consists in improvementsin the machine described in said Letters Patent, as hereinafter morefully set fortl1,and pointed outin the claims.

In the drawings, I igure 1 is a top plan with parts broken out to showthe arrangement of parts. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the front end of themachine with the delivery nozzle or head removed. Fig. 3 is an enlargedperspective of the device for cutting the tile into desired lengths.Fig. 4 is a detached view of a section of the main shaft and the knifeand sleeve upon said shaft and nearest the rear end of the machine.

In the accompanying-drawings, which form a part of this specification, Arepresents a transverse beam or plate resting upon standards (not shown)and provided with a pillowblock, a, within which and the box b onanother transverse beam, B, which forms the top of that part of theframe which supports the outer end of the main shaft and maindrivingtioned patent the end-thrust of the main shaft was provided forby a fixed collar thereon fitting in the recess prepared for it in theplate F. As this collar is rendered unnecessary in I the presentconstruction, I prevent the clay from Workin g into the box I) by apeculiar construction of the blade-carrying collar G, which differs fromthe rest in being provided with an offset annular flange, i, which fitsinto the recess in the plate I, originally formed to receive the collarabove referred to.

The main shaft is provided with a collar, 70, adjustablysecured by thesetscrew l, and this, with the flange con the pedestal of the box a,prevents any lateral motion of the shaft when in place. The beams orplates A B are adjustably secured together by the threaded bolts m, eachof which is provided with a not outside and another inside the saidbeams, so that they may be adjusted to the proper distances apart tocorrespond with the length of the main shaft. That portion of the mainshaft in front of the beam B, and which carries the blades, is inclosedwithin a casing, H, which is supported by and between the standard ofthe beam B and a standard, I, which also supports the mouth or deliveryend of the shell or casing. A hopper, K, opens into this oasin g,through which the clay to be operated upon enters the casing. Amouth-piece, L, is supported upon the standard I, and bolts a securethis mouth-piece and the casing or shell and the rear end of the machinetogether. Slots 0 are cut opposite each other in the front of thismouth-piece to receive the bar 19, to the center of which is secured thecore r. A cap, M, is bolted to the front of the mouth-piece, and thisholds the bar and core in place. A

nose-plate or delivery-nozzle, N, is bolted to the front of the cap. Toprevent error, I call that end of the machine where the motion iscommunicated to the main shaft the rear,

and that end where the product of the machinev is discharged the front.

0 are lugs cast upon the front of the standard I, through which pass theset-screws s, which also pass through or into the ends of the frame P,thereby securing the frame and standard together and providing avertical adj ustability to the former. J ournaled in this frame are theflanged rollers t, for the support of the cutting-frame Q, which is freeto move longitudinally, so that it may partake of the movement of theclay while resting upon it for the cutting of the tile into suitablelengths, as hereinafter described. This frame Q, has a shaft, a,centrally and longitudinally journaled through its ends, and by means ofthe too hub '21 and arm or spoke to the rim R of a wheel is secured tosaid shaft rigidly. An arm, 00, rigidly secured to the outer end of thisshaft, supports a hand-bar, S, the opposite end of which is secured tothe rim R, as shown in Fig. 3. A bar, T, has rigidly secured to it threerods, a, a and a which pass loosely through the side pieces of the frameQ. To the rods a and a are rigidly secured the vertical plates at, andto the rods-a are secured the collars a between which and the innersides of the frame Q, the coil-springs a are sleeved upon said rod. Therod a carries upon its free end a friction-roller, a the rod being bentat right angles, as shown, to form a journal for said roller.

Upon the face of the rim B there is cast or otherwise secured acam-flange, a, rounded outwardly at one end, a, and rounded inwardly atthe other end, (0 to compel the cam-flange, as the rim is partiallyrotated, to travel on the outside of said roller and to travel on theinside of said roller when the motion of the rim is reversed. One ormore wires, a, are stretched from the shaft to to the hand-bar S, andsecured in any desired manner.

The parts being constructed and arranged as hereinbefore'described, andmotion being given to the main shaft 1), clay is delivered into thecasing through the hopper K, where it is subjected to the action of thespiral blades, which are kept at suitable distances apart by thilnblesI), which are sleeved on the shaft between each pair of theblade-carryin g collars. The continued motion of the spiral bladesforces the clay out through the delivery-nozzle, the core forming thebore of the tile as the clay passes. As the tile passes through thenozzle in a continuous ribbon, it is received upon the frame Q, whichtravels in the same direction. When a sufficient length of tile has beenprojected the operator partially rotates the rim by means of thehand-bar to the right orleft, when the cam-flange withdraws or pro jectsthe bar T, thereby alternately projecting or retracting the verticalplates a to hold the tile against lateral motion while the wire a iscutting it off.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a tile or brick machine, thecombination, with the main shaft D, provided with a longitudinal groove,6, of a series of collars, E, sleeved on the main shaft, and eachprovided with a feather, h, and spiral blade d, and

the thimble b, sleeved on the main shaft between the collars,substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a tile or brick machine, and in combination with the main shaft Dthereof and with the recesst' in the plate F upon the front of the beamB, the collar G, carrying a spiral blade, 01, and provided with anoffset annular flange, t, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

3. The combination, with the core 1", supported by the bar 1), of therecessed mouthpiece L and angular caps M, bolted to the mouth-piece andrecessed in the delivery-nozzle N, substantially as described, and forthe purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with the reciprocating cutter-frame Q, carrying therock-shaft u, with wire a", of the rim R, provided with cam on and spokew, bar T, rods to a a and vertical plates a, substantially as described,and for the purpose set forth.

5. In combination with the cutter-carrying frame P of a tile or brickmachine, the cutterframe Q, adapted to have a longitudinal reciprocating motion and provided with a centrallyjournaled shaft, u, to which therim R of a wheelis attached by means of the hub o and arm or spoke to,and provided with a cam, a, the bar T, the rods a a? a the verticalplates a, collars a springs a and friction-roller a for the purpose, assaid rim is oscillated to the right or left, of giving a similar motionto the vertical plates a, to hold the tile against the lateral pressureof the wire a", which is stretched between the hand bar S and the shaftu when said wire is cutting the tile or brick, substantially asdescribed.

PHILIP H. KELLS.

Witnesses:

W. STEARNS, E. J. SMITH.

